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11:20 AM ET, November 30, 2017

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New York Times:
White House Envisions Tillerson Ouster From State Dept., to Be Replaced by Pompeo, Within Weeks  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has developed a plan to force out Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained, and replace him with Mike Pompeo …
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Madeleine K. Albright / Washington Post:   The national security emergency we're not talking about
MJ Lee / CNN:
Army veteran says Franken groped her during USO tour in 2003  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)An Army veteran says Sen. Al Franken groped her in December 2003, telling CNN that while she was deployed in Kuwait, the Minnesota Democrat cupped her breast during a photo op.
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Anna Merlan / The Slot:
New England Elected Official Says Al Franken Tried to Give Her A ‘Wet, Open-Mouthed Kiss’ Onstage  —  A former elected official in New England who has requested anonymity tells Jezebel that Al Franken attempted to give her a “wet, open-mouthed kiss” onstage at an event in 2006, shortly before he ran for Senate.
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Tracey Longo / fa-mag.com:
Rubio: Offset Tax Cuts By Reducing Social Security, Medicare Benefits  —  Tax reform is only one piece of the overall puzzle needed to revitalize the American economy, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told a group of Washington, D.C., lobbyists and policy analysts this morning at a Politico Playbook …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Ahead of Vote, Promised Treasury Analysis of Tax Bill Proves Elusive  —  WASHINGTON — In pitching the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, has said repeatedly that the plan will pay for itself through a surge of economic growth and that over 100 people in Treasury are …
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
The Rubio-Schumer Amendment  —  Florida's Republican tries …
Discussion: National Review
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Collins: Health-care fix will pass before tax bill
AARP:
Senate Bill: Millions of Older Americans Could See Higher Tax Bills
Discussion: The Hill, Politicus USA and The Week
Variety:
Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women (EXCLUSIVE)  —  As the co-host of NBC's “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present.  It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified.
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
TAX BILL clears key hurdle, problems linger …
Mike Allen / Axios:
The White House expects Trump to get even more outrageous  —  Exhausted by the Trump presidency?  Brace yourself: White House officials expect Trump to be even more outrageous and cocksure in coming months.  —  What we're hearing: Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The darkest day of Trump's presidency
Discussion: Mediaite
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
We're All Part of Trump's Show
Discussion: Mother Jones and Shareblue Media
David Smith / The Guardian:
Donald Trump attacks Theresa May over her criticism of his far-right retweets
Washington Post:
Woman's effort to infiltrate The Washington Post dated back months … The failed effort by conservative activists to plant a false story about Senate candidate Roy Moore in The Washington Post was part of a months-long campaign to infiltrate The Post and other media outlets in Washington and New York …
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Kendall Taggart / BuzzFeed:
Here Are Some Of Project Veritas's Funders
Discussion: Washington Post
WDIV-TV:
Rep. John Conyers hospitalized in Detroit area  —  Conyers returned to Michigan this week amid sexual harassment claims  —  DETROIT - Rep. John Conyers is hospitalized in the Detroit area.  —  That's according to Conyers' office which confirmed the congressman is hospitalized but did not say why or at which hospital.
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CBS Detroit:
John Conyers Hospitalized For Stress-Related Illness Amid Sex Scandal  —  DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Congressman John Conyers has been hospitalized for a stress-related illness.  —  Family spokesperson Sam Riddle confirmed Thursday morning that the 88-year-old Conyers is seeking treatment at a local hospital.
Detroit News:
Conyers hospitalized for stress amid harassment claims
Discussion: USA Today and Talking Points Memo
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
‘Art of the Deal’ co-author: Trump ‘losing his grip on reality’  —  Tony Schwartz, the co-author of President Trump's book “Trump: The Art of the Deal,” said in an interview Wednesday that the president is “losing his grip on reality.”  —  “But what it means in simple terms is he's losing …
Discussion: RedState
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scarborough: Trump allies told me he has dementia
Discussion: RedState
Brandy Zadrozny / The Daily Beast:
Trump Bragged: ‘Nothing in the World Like First-Rate P**sy’ … In a previously unreported comment to the now-defunct Maximum Golf magazine, Donald Trump singled out a “young socialite” at his club at Mar-a-Lago by telling a reporter, “there is nothing in the world like first-rate pussy.”
Jenny Lumet / Hollywood Reporter:
Writer Jenny Lumet: Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me (Guest Column)  —  The screenwriter of ‘Rachel Getting Married’ and ‘The Mummy’ (and the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet) details a terrifying encounter with the legendary music producer, who says he is stepping down from his businesses in the wake of the new claims.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The case for normalizing impeachment  —  Impeaching an unfit president has consequences.  But leaving one in office could be worse.  —  In recent months, I have grown obsessed with a seemingly simple question: Does the American political system have a remedy if we elect the wrong person to be president?
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and Balloon Juice
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Jared Kushner met with special counsel about Flynn  —  Washington (CNN)Jared Kushner met earlier this month with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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Tully Borland / The Federalist:
Why Alabamians Should Vote For Roy Moore  —  I have a 14-year-old daughter.  If I caught Roy Moore doing what was alleged, for starters I would kick him where it counts.  That said, I don't think it's wrong to vote for Moore.  —  I am going to argue for the very unpopular, even shocking …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
An 11th-Hour Raid by the Wealthiest Baby Boomers  —  The baby boom is being evicted from the penthouse of American politics.  And on the way out, it has decided to trash the place.  —  That's probably the best way to understand the generational implications of the tax legislation Republicans are driving through Congress.
Damon Root / Hit & Run:
Trump Administration Lawyer Pummeled by Sotomayor and Gorsuch in Cellphone Tracking Case  —  Fans of the Fourth Amendment got a rare treat today at the U.S. Supreme Court.  During oral arguments, both the liberal and conservative sides of the bench delivered a thorough pummeling …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
House 2018: Less Than a Year Out, Race for Control Is a Coin Flip  —  25 ratings changes, mostly in Democrats' favor  —  In the aftermath of the 2014 midterm election, when the party that didn't hold the White House (the Republicans) gained ground in the House for the 36th time in 39 midterms since …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Naked Politics
 
 
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Ricardo Lopez / HuffPost:
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Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
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Brendan Cox / The Guardian:
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Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Roy Moore Just Blamed His Sexual Misconduct Allegations On Lesbians, Gays, And Socialists
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Our political foundation is rotting away
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